Start with high-confidence homelessness & poverty books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Born Behind Bars
Padma Venkatraman
Thirst
Varsha Bajaj
And Then, Boom!
Lisa Fipps
Invisible Child
Andrea Elliott
Money Hungry (coretta Scott King Author Honor Title)
Sharon Flake, Sharon G. Flake
Because of Winn-dixie
Kate DiCamillo
A Wish in the Dark
Christina Soontornvat
An Invisible Thread
Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski
